Certain dietary supplements associated with increased risk of death in older women

JAMA and Archives Journals ^ | October 10, 2011 | Unknown

[GOP Poet]

What truly is considered older anyway? Most older woman I know do not eat enough to sustain the vitamin and minerals needed for their best health. So my guess is that it is worth the risk for many. A lot of elderly woman I know actually are anorexic as a lot of them work so hard to stay thin and as we all know when one is old the metabolic rate crawls even with a decent workout regime.

[NautiNurse]

She's started eating 8 or 10 prunes (now known as 'dried plums')

My mother recently started the Teresa Heinz Kerry routine of six gin-soaked white raisins. She is 80 years old, and I'm not going to argue with her. LOL!

[GOP Poet]

yeah. that’s not cool. I have to agree with you. mega anything isn’t good for most people and a 89 year old lady doesn’t need to suffer through those kinda pills unless she wants them. Hell she’s done her time. Senile or not. Those horse pills can be sickening. Poor lady. She’d probably do much better just getting a bit of fresh air and light exercise everyday and lots of hugs and laughter—haha. Best wishes to you MIL.

[decimon]

Most older woman I know do not eat enough to sustain the vitamin and minerals needed for their best health. So my guess is that it is worth the risk for many.

This says that some, not all, supplements may be harmful.

[GOP Poet]

yeah. I don’t read. Just comment. haha. FReepers. What a wild crew we are. Thanks for letting me know what the article says. :-). Then I walk away more informed too. lol. Good day my FRiend.

[tiki]

She still walks every day and she can still hit a rattler in the head with one shot. My SIL just thinks that she’s going to take away the aging with some kind of pill.

I just recently put her on an antibiotic that she handles very well because when she was having tooth problems a few months ago and on them, she seemed less senile and seemed to feel better. I’m experimenting because I think she might have a bladder infection but she won’t go to the doctor, I figure it won’t hurt.

She comes up with crazy stories, like my son flies over her house every morning to check up on her and hubby and I just say something like, “Gosh, I didn’t know that.” My SILs tell her that no such thing happens and get her all upset and then they tell us that “She knows better than that”

Needless to say, she prefers for us to come over and when the daughters are coming over asks us to be there.

[Interesting Times]

Is it possible that people ill with other diseases or ailments are more likely to try to supplement their way to good health but die anyway - and then this interpreted as garlic et. al. is bad for your health?

Exactly. Are people who don't feel well more likely to take supplements? If so, doesn't this completely invalidate the study?

[Daffynition]

We fish east coast....Hudson’s Canyon; east of Montauk. Most of our catch is involved with the Gulf Stream at some point in their travels. ;)

[GOP Poet]

She still walks every day and she can still hit a rattler in the head with one shot

Just . . . damn :-D. Sounds like she likes you quite a bit. Also have you tried a huge bottle of cranberry juice for the potential bladder infection? When I had them a lot they always worked. Anyway it sounds as though you could be a physician or nurse with the antibiotic dispensing. So what the hell do I know? haha. Glad good, crazy ole' impressive MIL is full of personality. Makes life more interesting and fun huh? ;-).

[Daffynition]

I remember those times! How did we survive as long as we did? LOL without bicycle helmets, or seat belts.

[tiki]

Ha ha, no I’m not a Dr. but I know one well.

[GOP Poet]

even better :). get the benies without all the schooling and time investment. No wonder your MIL likes you. You’re fun and smart :D. I’d hate to be a rattlesnake in her presence haha.

[Roos_Girl]

If you haven’t read it already, you may be interested in this post. Specifically see the first comment by Swordmaker.

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-chat/2769347/posts

[Roos_Girl]

Oh, also, for bladder infection you may consider trying D-mannose. It's a natural sugar that prevents bacteria from sticking to the bladder wall. Cranberry juice is fantastic also, but sometimes the sugar in it can be a problem; chug a big bottle of that and you're just asking for diarrhea IMO. But you can get cranberry pills, which combined with the D-mannose will knock out a bladder infection in no time. You can get the D-mannose in powder form that dissolves in liquid with almost no taste or pill form.

I used to get bladder infections all the time as a kid. Drinking orange juice would always give me one, looking at pineapple juice would give me one. Mom always gave me a big glass of cranberry juice and acidophilous pills. Wish we had known about the d-mannose back then!